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Despite sluggish investment, the annual survey conductedf by and the capturedsubstantial “While the recession has slowed the pace of venturwe investing in the short term, it may very well have expeditex the global evolution of the industry in the long run,” said Mark Deloitte LLP’s national managinfg partner of venture capital services. “In recent years, many entrepreneurs who have been educatedc in the United States have returned home to starf companies in theirhome countries. The playing field continuesa to level out in termes of new innovationhot spots, broader accessd to capital and growing regionalk ecosystems that foster risk taking and capitalk formation.
” And venture capitalists agree that investments are more likely to increas outside of the United States than domesticallyh in the next three years. Half of the venturre capitalists surveyed said investment will increase inAsia (excludin India); 43 percent named India; 36 percentr selected South America; 25 percentf said Europe and the United Kingdom. Just 17 percent said investment wouldr increase inNorth America. Fifty-two percent of all venturee capitalists surveyed said they already invest outsid theirhome countries.
“As the survey results we will see more globalization in the next not only in terms of investments but also in fundraisingv and exitsas well,” said Mark Heesen, presiden t of the NVCA. “Those countries that can nurture entrepreneurs and investors as well as offere attractive exit opportunities have the most to gain economicallh in the next he added. Survey respondents said Chinaa stood to benefit most from shifts in investment causex by theeconomic downturn.
When it comes to the majority of VCs predicted that more of their limited partnersa would come from outside theierhome country, and 38 percent said they expectex the number of foreign limited partners to remaibn unchanged. Among limited partners, ventured capitalists if any are likely to reduce their investments in ventureecapital funds, those limited partnerss would come from the financiak industry, especially from commercial banks. Other findings from the surveu included another vote of confidence for investmenft in thecleantech sector.
The survey suggests most venturewcapitalists aren’t changing whic h industries they are funding, and cleantecg is one of tho industries getting a lot of More than 60 percent of the venturd capitalists surveyed said they expect to increaser their investments in cleantech in the next three years. Otherr industry sectors that investors expect to give increase investmenf to include medical deviceeand equipment, and new media and social